UPDATED -- Detour: EB routes 11, 57, 58, 81, 691 around Richmond and Bayshore lane closures: September 18 2026 - Detour end date updated on October 23. From 6:00 am on Monday, September 21, until 6:00 pm on Wednesday, November 4, the southbound left turn lane from Bayshore Drive to Richmond Road, as well as the left turn lane from the Highway 417 off-ramp to Richmond southbound, will be closed for work related to the Bayshore Bridge Rehabilitation Project. As a result, routes 11 Waller, 57 Tunney's Pasture, 58 Tunney's Pasture, 81 Tunney's Pasture, and 691 Omer-Deslauriers will detour along Holly Acres and Richmond before continuing on their regular routes. Please allow extra time for your travels. Affected stops Bus Stop (560#) not in use · Routes · Alternate Stop #1222 -- Woodbridge / Bayshore · · 11 Waller · 57 Tunney's Pasture · 58 Tunney's Pasture · 81 Tunney's Pasture · 691 Omer-Deslauriers · #6455 -- Richmond / Bayshore or #3050 -- Bayshore A or #3050 -- Bayshore C Detour routing 11 Waller, 57 Tunney's Pasture, 58 Tunney's Pasture, 81 Tunney's Pasture, 691 Omer-Deslauriers: From Bayshore Station, exit at west access and follow Transitway toward Holly Acres, left onto Holly Acres, left onto Richmond, continue to regular route.+1 more notice

No 81 trips cancelled now · 3 did not run in NovemberCancellations →

Previous measure: 70.6% of arrivals were within five minutes of the timetable (146,779 arrivals over 27 days). The report card below uses the newer one-minute-early to five-minutes-late measure when it has readings.

Route 81: Tunney's Pasture ⇄ Bayshore

Every 29 to 30 min

Toward Tunney's Pasture2 buses · boards at · under each stop: the next bus (live dot = live, grey = sched.)

Next: 36.8 min after the pair

Slowest stretches · running measure, Oct 7 to Nov 3

Of the slowest stretches, the most time is lost between ⁨BAYSHORE A⁩ and ⁨DUMAURIER / RAMSEY⁩.

+2.2 minBAYSHORE A – DUMAURIER / RAMSEY
14 km/h seen, 18 km/h in the timetable
+2.2 minBAYSHORE A – PINECREST A
14 km/h seen, 18 km/h in the timetable
+0.8 minDUMAURIER / PINECREST – BAYSHORE B
14 km/h seen, 16 km/h in the timetable
+0.2 minKIRKWOOD / CARLING N. – WESTBORO A
17 km/h seen, 17 km/h in the timetable
+0.2 minTUNNEY'S PASTURE D – WESTBORO B
19 km/h seen, 19 km/h in the timetable

How we measure →

This is the running reliability measure, not the report-card measure: for each stretch between two stops, how long buses really took against how long the timetable allows, over 26 counted days at all hours. It shows which stretches run behind, not how often. The report-card measure replaces it as soon as it has enough weekdays.

Example: a one-kilometre stretch the timetable runs at 20 km/h takes 3 minutes; if buses averaged 15 km/h it took 4, so 1 minute is lost there.

The line right now · 8:55 a.m.

Live, 61 s ago

on timelatedid not comeLive, 61 s ago

Toward Tunney's Pasture2 buses · boards at · under each stop: the next bus (live dot = live, grey = sched.)

Next: 36.8 min after the pair

Toward Bayshore2 buses · boards at · under each stop: the next bus (live dot = live, grey = sched.)

Stops and scheduled times from OC Transpo’s timetable (GTFS, 2026-10-30). Live minutes from bus positions, 61 s ago.

Right now on Route 81

Departures · next from ⁨BAYSHORE A⁩: ⁦10 min⁩each opens its trip

4 busesOpen on the map

2 notices · UPDATED -- Detour: EB routes 11, 57, 58, 81, 691 around Richmond and Bayshore lane closures; Stop impacts: #3019 -- Pinecrest A and B relocationfrom OC Transpo

Planned change · 2026-10-30service change

Dated service

Trips scheduled that day

The timetable, notices and what the live feed says are shown apart. Seeing a bus on the map does not prove you can board it.

November 3, 2026 November 2, 2026 November 1, 2026 October 31, 2026 October 30, 2026 October 29, 2026 October 28, 2026 View archived positions

Service day

November 3, 2026 · 71 trips in the retained timetable · retained notices; capture coverage unverified

In short: 70 with a matched position · 1 with no matching position (to investigate) · 0 with an unknown outcome.

05:31– 06:30
Trip 36881030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:20 a.m. EST / 6:28 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
06:06– 07:07
Trip 16455030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:01 a.m. EST / 7:08 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
06:10– 07:03
Trip 36975030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 5:43 a.m. EST / 7:00 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
06:34– 07:28
Trip 13170030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:29 a.m. EST / 7:25 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
06:36– 07:40
Trip 31048030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:24 a.m. EST / 7:40 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
07:06– 08:03
Trip 28801030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 6:46 a.m. EST / 8:04 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
07:06– 08:13
Trip 34901030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:01 a.m. EST / 8:11 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
07:31– 08:43
Trip 14614030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:26 a.m. EST / 8:41 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
07:34– 08:33
Trip 36623030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 7:31 a.m. EST / 8:37 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
08:06– 09:17
Trip 4711030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 8:05 a.m. EST / 9:16 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
08:07– 09:03
Trip 29135030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 8:05 a.m. EST / 9:00 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.
08:36– 09:41
Trip 23914030Vehicle position matchedFirst / last feed position: 8:39 a.m. EST / 9:42 a.m. EST; not actual start or end times.

Cancellations on this route

How cancellations are counted

2 partial-capture days not counted.

1313 scheduled trips with counted cancellation notices, Wed, Oct 7 to Tue, Nov 3.

Not counted: 31 trips with qualifying later matching vehicle observations and 0 for trips not in that day’s timetable.

Hours with the most cancellations: 6 p.m. (2), 7 a.m. (1), 8 a.m. (1)

Latest cancelled trips

Sat, Oct 31, Trip at 11:28
Fri, Oct 30, Trip at 20:02
Thu, Oct 29, Trip at 21:02
Wed, Oct 28, Trip at 17:40
Wed, Oct 28, Trip at 12:36

OC Transpo gives no reason for single trips, so none is shown.

Did not come (no bus seen, no notice), last 7 days: 3 of 468 trips we could check.

City road work near this route

All road work on Alerts

Road work and event closures the City of Ottawa has published, measured as near this route’s path. Near is not proof that the bus is detoured: check the operator’s alerts for that.

The City’s road work list could not be read just now. Nothing is assumed.

Source: City of Ottawa open data. City road work map

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